The leaves are falling with wild abandon now as autumn makes its final approach into winter. Amazingly, the days are still mild and the weather is perfect for getting out and enjoying the change of seasons with the kids. We have been out and about enjoying all the changing colours. Here are a few of my favourite activities outdoors at this time of year:
1) Take an autumn walk in the woods. It has to be done, doesn’t it? What would autumn be without a welly walk in the woods and a bunch of children (and, ahem, parents, grandparents…) kicking up the leaves into a whirl of oranges and yellows with gleeful abandon? You can find the best spot for autumn colour near you by popping over to the Woodland Trust website.
2) Play conkers. OK – my two are a bit young for this. Next year though Roo will no doubt be a pro in no time. There’s nothing like a good conker fight in autumn and the process of hunting outdoors for the largest, shiniest specimens and extracting them from their soft casings like oysters from their shells is a huge part of the fun. As a child, I used to soak my conkers in vinegar then bake them on a low heat in the oven for half-an-hour. If you’re entering the World Conker Championship (yes it does exist ad it’s right here in the UK – get training now for next year) then this trick is technically illegal but it doesn’t half produce some champion conkers!
3) Hedgerow foraging. Much to Roo’s sadness, the blackberries are largely finished for this year. We have been out for several short walks collecting sloes though. Roo can’t taste the final product of her efforts (sloe gin – yum) but she does enjoy helping identify and pick them with me.
4) Get the garden ready for winter. From raking leaves to washing the bird feeders, there are lots of little jobs to be done in preparation for winter outside and nearly all of them are safe for little helpers to get involved. We have been building a hedgehog house here for our newly discovered prickly garden residents as well as clearing up the veggie beds and planting spring bulbs. Pottering in the garden is one of Roo’s favourite past-times!
5) Leaf play: Whether you rake up a massive pile in the garden and jump in them, make leaf angels, shape them into outdoor artwork or collect different leaves to turn into art collages or do leaf rubbings with, getting creative with autumn’s gift to kids is a must.
To celebrate autumn, Baby Routes has teemed up with those masters of outdoor cool over at SkateHut.co.uk for a great competition. We are giving one lucky winner a brand new Mini Micro 3-in-1 Ride-On Scooter worth £79.95 for their outdoor family adventures! Converting from ride-on mode with a seat for tiny tots, the micro-scooter then changes into a toddler scooter and then a full sized mini-scooter, keeping your child in scooting fun from their first through to their fifth birthday. It’s a great accessory to take out on autumn and winter walks or just for a quick blast in the garden and definitely the cool-kid option until they are old enough for one of these…
To enter to win a Mini-Micro 3-in-1 Ride-On Scooter, we would love to hear your ideas for outdoor fun this autumn Just share your favourite ideas for outdoor family fun this autumn. You can leave a comment below or on the Baby Routes Facebook page.
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We love anything that gets us out and about, but my 2 year old sons favourite activity at the moment is “collecting”. He takes a little basket out on our walks and collects anything and everything- sticks, leaves, stones, bugs, acorns for the squirrel that comes to visit our garden. Anything goes!
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We go for lots of walks with the dog so try and find lots of different places to visit, I really love the beach as do the kids, they can explore and find treasure there that we sometimes use for crafting.
We are collecting beautiful leaves and to make some fun arts and crafts activity. It can be really messy but it is fn and it’s the perfect time to do it!
I don’t think you can beat making a big pile of leaves with the kids and then going mental kicking them all about again!!!
We love to go walking through the leaves in the woods
We love collecting leaves and making collages and walks in the woods to see nature changing and run around.
Running through the leaves
My son loves going to big parks to explore and collecting different colour leaves and big sticks
long walks and collecting leaves
Collecting all different colour leaves with the children on our walks then making pictures with them
We love to go walking through the leaves in the woods with the kids.
we enjoy going for a bike ride
Going for bike rides in the woods
hiking
Splashing in muddy puddles!
we go fishing
Nice walks collecting leaves to then use for craft
We have invested in some great ‘i-spy’ books from the Michelin I Spy range – we have the creepy crawlies and countryside books and have been exploring the local woods and nature reserve looking for bugs and plants. The kids love running around in their wellies, ticking off things we have found and collecting leaves, pinecones and sticks to make pictures with when we get home.
A nice walk through the woods x
lots of lovely bike rides
running through all the leaves
Getting out in the cold , having fun and exercising to keep warm at our local park x
Leaf painting
collecting leaves for a college and helps clean the garden x
We love walking the dog and kicking through the fallen leaves
we like to just get out and about going for walks in the park my daughter does like collecting conkers with her dad at this time of year
Going for a walk in the woods to see all the leaves changing colour
Crunchy autumn walks 🙂
We love preparing for cozy nights in by collecting fallen tree branches from local woodlands. We use these throughout winter in our new wood burner. The sound of wood crackling and the sight of a glowing flame is like no other. Simply the best.
been looking for conkers with grand-kids
walking along the beach is great this time of year!
walks in the woods.
Hide and seek
We have a dog so often go for walks in the countryside where we can look for conkers, squirrels, etc. We often collect leaves to make leaf prints or pictures! Pinecones with glitter on make lovely tree decorations!
Taking a walk to the park, and letting the kids wear themselves out lol
collecting conkers
Lots of kicking leaves about 🙂
We love to go round the lake at our local country park, or to the wildlife park which is also nearby.x
We all tend to take walks around our local forests. The kids have great fun kicking the leaves, looking for sticks and generally just being able to do what kids do without getting into too much trouble xx
We will be flying kites down near the beach. Xx
We love going for walks and geocaching
We go to the woods and pretend we are on a bear hunt or looking for a gruffalo 🙂
Long walks with the dogs through the woods, collecting all sorts of things to make things with on rainy days
we like to spot tress, flowers and animals from our nature book
We love walking around a ‘natural park’ here in Telford, great kicking the leaves and spotting rabbits and squirrels.
we recently discovered that we live opposite a huge woodland(have lived here 9 years) . we’ve explored with our 3 boys a small amount of it, and will be checking out more very soon. They love it all open and fresh air, different types of spiders and bugs
Wonderful walks all wrapped up cozy and warm.
Also a good big family game of rounders!
Lots of walks in the forest
We have just started geocaching and my boys love it. It’s great fun gets you out and about with lots of exercise.
Feeding the ducks in the park or collecting sticks is my toddlers favourite at the moment!
Lots of family walks in our wellies in the woods 🙂
me and my kids love taking a stroll down the woods through all the crunchy leaves
Collecting leaves in Dalby Forest and making collages with them
walks on the hills
We do scavenger hunts around the local resevoir. It’s a beautiful walk and they enjoy seeing the wild life. We jump in the leaves and collect conkers.
picking leaves and doing leaf printing with them
Bike rides, walking through parks with the leaves falling off the trees.
our outdoor fun is our plum playground in the garden (touches the fences on all sides eek) picnics in the park, we have kites, skates and bikes. Today we walked along the beach in wellies and found a live crab 😀
leaf diving great fun
taking the dog for a walk in the park whilst kicking through the leaves
I love taking my little one (7 months old) in the baby carrier and heading out into the countryside with the dog. i’m determined to keep up the adventures with my baby and show him the delights of the great outdoors too!
Getting in after the park to a hot choc and good film.
we wrap up and visit the beach, where it’s less busy now and collect shells
We like to take the dogs out for long walks in the park. The kids put on their wellies and have leaf fights.
A nice walk through the woods looking for squirrels. x
We love autumn walks, exploring new places and the kids have great fun collecting things on the way from leaves to cones, looking for animal burrows etc
A nice long walk
Running through the leaves and taking walks in our nearby forest collecting pine cones, twigs and leaves to bring home and so craft activities with them
going for walks in the leaves
Going for bike rides
go for walks and see what things you can find to make an autumn picture
Collecting leaves and fir cones in the woods and then making pictures with them x
trips to the beach 🙂
me and my family love walking our border terrier Poppy, through the local park which has a lot of woodland around it, whilst walking we look squirrels, and pick up the fallen leaves off the ground and any other exciting bits we find. We then come home and the kids get the crayons, paint etc out and either colour their leaves or place the leave under paper and use the crayon over the top. Lots of fun and things that I used to do as a child 🙂
Gathering up the leaves and jumping and crunching in them then doing some baked potatoes in the bonfire.
Going on an insect hunt
The Gruffalo forest trail is the best thing we’ve done so far 🙂
our outside adventures are only a few fields away as our village is full of fields and a great river which leads for miles and we do lots of walking and exploring with the dog
My son is obsessed with running through the leaves and jumping in puddles so we will be doing lots of that 🙂 x
Trips to the beach 😀
My boys love making ‘puddings’ which involves them mashing up leaves and mixing it with mud!!
Tramping through the leaves in our wellies
Nature scavenger hunts
walking down the valley collecting leaves to make pictures
Kicking through the leaves in the park
Treasure hunts in the woods , wellie buckets and a mummy made list = perfect fundays x
I love putting together a list of things to spot and going out to the local forest to see what we can find.
We love going out finding conkers!
We love going for walks in the park and kicking into the leaves. Before we come home we try to collect some conkers and pretty leaves and stones to make a display on the windowsill in the hall
jumping in big muddy puddles, kicking crunchy leaves and stomping through the forest
going for walk as it stands
We love going on welly walks where we splash in puddles and crunch through leaves 😀
my daughter loves muddy puddle hunting, we wrap up warm and get in our wellies!
We go for walks around the park collecting leaves and pine cones to make pictures
playing conkers!
my kids and me enjoy geocaching. gets you out and about and exploring places i have never been.
Hunting for leaves and conkers and pinecones to make pretty pictures and collages!
We have enjoyed the Gruffalotrail
anything to do with leaves atm so jumping in them collection them and even painting with them so far
Walking through the woods and playing in the fallen leaves and collecting conkers.
Raking the leaves into a huge pile and dive into them!
lots of walks my kids love jumping in puddles
Autumn walks collecting conkers.
Collecting leaves etc for pictures and painting.
we collect leaves and pine cones for art and crafts, we throw the helicopter seeds from sycamore trees into the air and chase them trying to catch them all before they fly to the ground, we look for animal tracks in the muddy ground.
We like to take nice walks in Delamere Forest x x
We love going to the Lickey hills and collecting Pine cones!
we love making dens at the local country park
We simply love walking and talking about colours and textures
Cycling is good this year because it has been warm and dry.
Woodland walks with the fallen leaves
Playing in the park and going to a local fireworks display for Bonfire Night.
Long walks in the woods
Kicking the leaves on the pavement and enjoying a bovril.
walking through the woods x
we collected conkers and then rolled them in paint to make fab pictures
We often ride or walk through the woods and the kids love to pick anything that they can take home to see if it can be cooked or sed in some experiment!
Just got back from a log cabin holiday on Lock Awe, great!
a fairy tree house
Getting wrapped up warm and going for long walks in the woods 🙂
Walking and messing about in the puddles
Den building is a firm favourite activity for the autumn in our house
now its lovely and windy its great for flying the kite
Some family time together on walks etc
walks in the woods trips to the park
Family walks in the countryside, and collecting things to make an Autumn picture!
Walks in the wood
We love walking the two dogs through the miles and miles of Welsh countryside. Kicking the fallen leaves as we walk.
Making piles of leaves and then jumping in them
Lots of walks in the forest and autumn collages 🙂
Walking our 2 dogs at the local woods and fishing park
We go to the woods and collect autumn things ie leaves conkers etc and make autumn collages at home x
Collecting leafs for leaf prints xx
I’ve been taking my daughter to the local pool as the weather has changed & it reminds us of holidays
We love walking in our local woods, rustling our feet in the autumn leaves, collecting different shades of leaves to make pictures. Sneaking a peak at the bugs hiding under rocks and finally last but certainly not least hiding from the dinosaurs lurking in the woods, of course we are pre-warned by the diplodocus alarm first, “quick run, hide”
Bird watching
We collected pretty leaves and painted them as ghosts for halloween
Scrambling through leaves in a wooded area… my kids are loving it!
Long walks
Walking in the woods through leaves
Walks in the park collecting leaves
Autumn woodland walks x
Walking in the woods (but not cleaning the dog up afterwards)
den building in the woods x
Walking through our local nature park
walking through the woods
We love collecting leaves to make pictures with 🙂
collecting sticks to build bonfires, collecting nuts to roast on the fire, roasting marshmallows, making hot chocolate over the fire with melty marshmallows in.. yuum! proper old fashioned fun, and us doing it TOGETHER as we need to constantly supervise
Wild game of football family V dogs on the beach
finding pine cones and painting them
Now the weather is changing and the wind is getting stronger we love to fly kites, making them dip and soar. Good exercise in the great outdoors.
collecting leaves and jumping in puddles 🙂
Running through the fallen leaves and jumping in muddy puddles
We like to go to the park to fly our kites.
taking the dogs to the local pebble beach, its great for dog walking in the autumn/winter
A scavenger hunt in the local park
My children enjoy getting their metal detectors out and searching for treasures
ROLLING DOWN A GRASSY BANK
A camping holiday
collecting things from the woods and making a collage with them
A walk collecting leave and jumping in puddle
Going for bike rides around the country parks
kite flying at our local beach
Running through the leaves
Forest adventures, exploring for hidden treasure!
we take the family geocaching, fresh air, a nice walk and treasure hunting, you cant beat it
We like putting our wellies on and looking for conkers
Walking in the woods is great fun at the moment. I adore the different colours of the trees, those that havent already lost their leaves that is, my boxer dog on the other hand adores chasing every single leaf that the wind blows … we can end up VERY muddy 🙂
Being out with the fog and watching him charge through the leaves enjoying every moment!
going for a walk on a windy day to the local park
A lovely woodland walk collecting leaves, conkers, acorns etc and doing crafty little projects with them on rainy days x
Walking in the woods, kicking leaves and collecting leaves and twigs for nature collages
We love going for walks in the woods 🙂
Feeding the ducks – wellies essential.
We love to go to the park
Collecting leaves and sticks, and jumping in muddy puddles. 🙂
chestnuting in the woods and roasting them at home
We’re going to the woods tomorrow to play in the wet brown leaves, we welly and rain coat up and go get really muddy and have leave fights etc before it gets too cold and everything hardens
We’re going out to collect fir cones to decorate for Christmas x
walking through the leaves
Making a huge pile of leaves and then diving into it.
We love going for long walks in the woods with our dog looking for mini beasts!
Conkering! 🙂
putting on our wellies and jumping in all the puddles
cricket in the park
Crunching through leaves, blackberry and cherry picking and playing with conkers x
The best outdoor activities for outdoor fun is splashing in puddles and running along. Kicking up leaves and getting muddy bums it’s all about imaginary fun!
Skipping and spinning and dancing together it is all about memory’s and singing songs.
Spotting animals and holding hands it is all about outdoor fun! Xx
Lots of puddle splashing and leaf kicking
we love going to the woods for den building
Is there anything more special than a walk in the woods? Autumn is especially great for this. Collecting leaves, berries. Then using these for home crafts.
we love going to the woods to watch the red squirrels
Keep it simple feeding ducks, puddle jumping collecting leaves and consumers for arts and crafts. Kids don’t need loads of money spent they just want family time
Collecting leaves of various shapes/sizes, and doing paint prints. x
Putting on our wellies and jumping in muddy puddles.
Nature trail and playground in a park near us, they also have a cafe selling ice cream for grandchildren.
Collecting leaves whilst playing in the park and them using them for some arty fun.
As we seem to get so much rain our favourite activities are rain days. Just putting on our wellies and jumping and splashing in lots of puddles. Guaranteed laughter and fun!
We love to go walking through the leaves in the woods
BIKE RIDE X
Going into the park, feeding the squirrels and playing ball games on the green to warm up.
we are actually going out in about an hour for a lovely walk throu the woods to the park and a warming drink and food at a park cafe.. feed the ducks.. stone jumping and bike riding.. cant wait!
lots of walks and collecting conkers
Collecting treasure in the woods
Has to be all rugged up with wellies kicking and playing in the autumn leaves
A walk through our local casle gardens collecting conkers
Walks on the beach
We love to go and skateboard as a family.
Daytime Camping in the woods 🙂
Going for walks and jumping in the autumn leaves
Making art with all of the beautiful things you can find at this time of year
walks in the woods
currently my daughters favourite outdoor activity is collecting conkers
We like to go to the woods and colllect things such as cones & different coloured leaves. It’s also great fun with our dogs chasing about.
We love collecting natural materials and making collages with them at home
Lots of coastal walks along the Gower Peninsula for us
Collecting conkers while jumping in all the leaves. Great fun
walking through the leaves in the woods with the kids and the dog
making hedgehog houses with leaves, sticks etc
We have so many terrific walks close to the house, kicking leaves and jumping in puddles would be nice but for the people who just dont CLEAN UP their dog mess 🙁 alas it’s stick to the roads and well used pathways to keep clean…. if only people would learn!
We enjoy going to the woods near our house to build a den with the kids.
We love to go for a walk with the kids in the local nature trail which has lots of chestnut trees, we also collect pine cones for the children to decorate for Christmas.
collecting whatever we can find! acorns, pine cones, different coloured leaves – everything!
Dog walking, we always have fun with our surroundings
atm our favourite is going to the park, collecting leaves and making prints 🙂
We went out to look at all the things changing in the autumn, different coloured leaves, different mushrooms growing, and playing with sycamore seeds
A walk along the canal near our house collecting pretty fallen leaves
Collecting leaves and doing rubbing pictures with them is great fun
collection pinecones and leafs to make xmas decorations with the children
Print out your local area ordnance survey map- it will show all the public footpaths in your area, i am lucky am in a rural area but even if you live in a town go to the suburbs and you will find public footpaths all over the place. We pack a picnic, grab the dog ,doggy bags and a camera phone and we as a family walk out of the door and set off walking for the day- we plan a route that ends up back at the house and spend some free quality time together ,enjoy healthy exercise and see lots of wildlife. fantastic!
Puddle splashing! 🙂
Going for a bike ride through park.
We like to go for long autumn walks as we live in the countryside, then we collect leaves, take them home stick them to the outsides of old jam jars which we then use a tea light holders so the glow shines through the autumn colours <3
We love walking round our local nature reserve and collecting leaves etc and making a collage when we get home. There is also a pond and you can hire nets to try and catch small animals and insects. My twin boys love doing this.
we enjoy going for a bike ride
Walking through the woods near our house, seeing what wildlife we can spot
Playing in the fallen leaves
Collecting leaves to do a leaf print collage is good fun
Got to be collecting conkers and ivy for Christmas wreaths
walking my dogs in the woods
leaf kicking and puddle jumping!
Walking in the woods with the children
playing badminton in the park
Bike rides & collecting conkers
we like the noise the leaves make as we run through them
Walking along the canal near my home
Long walks in the woods near my house
Going for a walk along the canal seeing how the countryside is changing with it’s beautiful colours.
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